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Migrant spreadwing

Lestes barbarus

443Records since 2000
AugustPeak month
12Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May5
Jun64
Jul146
Aug162
Sep61
Oct5
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England112
2Essex England96
3Medway England64
4Isle of Wight England53
5Kent England28
6Cornwall England22
7Thurrock England15
8Cambridgeshire England11
9Southend-on-Sea England2
10Suffolk England1
11Surrey England1
12Dorset England1
443 England

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 12 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
443
Peak month
August
Counties with records
12
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Lestes barbarus
Group
Dragonflies and damselflies
NBN Atlas records since 2000
433
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Essex, Medway, Isle of Wight
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Odonata
Family
Lestidae
Genus
Lestes
Name with authority
Lestes barbarus (Fabricius, 1798)
Described
1798

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q11688916 · GBIF 1424076